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``SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave
little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only
different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our
wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness
positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by
restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other
creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.''
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

``The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.''
Tacitus, Roman Historian, 55-117 A.D.

``When liberty is being abused, we have to move to restrict it.''
Wm. J. Clinton, 1994